Piezoelectric ceramic compositions



Aug. 23, 1966 HIROMU ouc1-u ETAL 3,268,453

PIEZOELECTRIG CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS Filed April 26, 1965 e Sheets-Sheet 1 Molar rario of Molar rafio 01 P611101 basic 600118111011 P05111011 bus/C 52 3 A 0075 0/25 0.000 I. 0.010 0.615 0375 5 0.075 0.000 0.125 M 0.125 0625 0250 c 0050 0000 0.050 N 0250 0625 0.125 D 0010 0.0110 0.050 0 0.500 0.500 0.000 E 0.010 0013 0.177 P 0500 0375 0125 F 0187 0813 0000 Q 0500 0250 0250 G 0625 0375 0.000 'R 0125 0250 0625 H 0625 0125 0250 S 00625 03125 0625 I 0500 0125 0375 T 00625 0500 00375 J 01075 01075 0625 U 0.375 0500 0.125 K 0010 0200 0750 PbZrO 30 26 H 7 Q M 0 2 24 E I U N 25 0 F PDT/'0 Pb(/l4g; /Vb')0 3 INVENTORS HI'PW'M Ouchi Kai-s00 Nagano Kernel-11' Iwamaio BMMM 12% ATTORNEYS Aug. 23, 1966 mo u oucl-u ETAL 3,268,453

PIEZOELECTRIG CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS Filed April 26, 1965 6 Sheets-Sheet 2 O PDZI 3 oTefragaha/ phase ORhombohedra/ phase Pseudo cup/c phase PIX/Wag N0? 0 D/e/ecfr/e cahsfahf 5 GK:

O25 050 5 PbZr03 Campos/Wan (ma/ar raf/a INVENTORS Hiramu Ouchi suO Nagana ATTORNEYS Aug. 23, 1966 o u oucH ET AL 3,268,453

PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOS ITIONS Filed April 26, 1965 6 Sheets-Sheet 3 (/XZ)PbT/'O ool 0 0.20 050 0.75 PbZrOg (Z) Campos/flan molar raf/o INVENTORS Hfromu Ouchi afsuo Nigarw Kenech i Iwamafa ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,268,453 PIEZOELECTRIC CERAll/HC COMPGSITIQNS Hiromu Ouchi, Toyonaka-shi, and Katsuo Nagano and Kenichi Iwarnoto, Kadoma-shi, Japan, assignors to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan, a corporation of Japan Filed Apr. 26, 1965, Ser. No. 450,738

Claims priority, application Japan, Apr. 28, 1964,

39/24,673, 39/2 1,674; May 27, 1964, 39/30,161;

June 18, 1964, 39/254,911; July 8, 1964, 39/39,566;

Sept. 10, 1964, 39/52,112; Sept. 26, 1964,

Claims. (Cl. 252-629) This invention relates to piezoelectric ceramic compositions and articles of manufacture fabricated therefrom. More particularly, the invention pertains to novel and improved ferroelectric ceramics which are polycrystalline aggregates of particular constituents. These piezoelectric compositions are sintered to ceramics by ordinary ceramic techniques and thereafter the ceramics are polarized by applying a D.-C. voltage between the electrodes to impart thereto electromechanical transducing properties similar to the well-known piezoelectric effect. The invention also encompasses the calcined product of raw ingredients and the articles of manufacture such as electromechanical transducers fabricated from the sintered ceramic.

The ceramic bodies materialized by the present invention exist basically in the following solid solution: (1) the binary system of Pb(Mg Nb )O -PbTiO (2) the ternary system of Pb(Mg Nb )O -PbTiO -PbZrO where niobium atom can be replaced by tantalum and (3) the solid solution comprising said ternary system and the additive thereto, in oxide form, of at least one element selected from the group consisting of manganese, cobalt, nickel, iron and chromium up to 3 weight percent. Because of their lower cost, ease in fabrication into various shapes, and greater durability at high temperature and/or humidity than crystalline substances such as Rochelle salt, many applications of piezoelectric ceramics have recently been found with electromechanical transducer or electromechanical wave filter. The piezoelectric characteristics of ceramics apparently vary with species of applications. Electromechanical transducers such as a phonograph pick-up and a microphone require a high output voltage and a flat response of frequency characteristics. Therefore, the piezoelectric ceramics are required to have a substantially high electromechanical coupling coefficient and high dielectric constant. Electromechanical wave filters for 455 kc. IF filters of radio receiver and for 4.5 me. sound IF filters of TV should have a specified value of coupling coeflicient, a low resonant resistance and a high mechanical quality factor. Besides, the transducers require a high stability with temperature and time in resonant frequency and in other electrical properties. Furthermore, it is desirable that ceramic material have a high Curie temperature for high temperature use.

As more promising ceramics for these requirements, lead titanate-lead zirconate and lead titanate-lead zirconate-lead stannate are in wide use and their properties are disclosed in US. Patents Nos. 2,708,244 and 2,849,404. Some modifications of lead titanate zirconate ceramics have been made with substitutions and additions of various elements as shown in US. Patents Nos. 2,906,- 710, 2,911,370, 3,006,857 and 3,068,177. Among the piezoelectric ceramics obtained from these patents and conventional lead titanate-zirconate ceramics, there is, however, no materials satisfying all of the following characteristics: Mechanical quality factor Q is higher than 1,000, resonant resistance is low, planar piezoelectric coupling coefiicient is more than 30 percent and furtherice more stability in piezoelectric properties with operating temperature and/or time is excellent. A ceramic material satisfying these requirements, however, has been recently demanded for a special electronic device.

An improved sound trap circuit of a transistor TV requires a new 4.5 mc. ceramic resonator composed of a thickness-shear mode which preferably exhibits electrodes made by electroless plating at low temperatures to prevent depolarization. Therefore, the piezoelectric ceramics for this new device should have a good durability for electroless plating solution and an excellent adhesion to plated electrodes.

It is, therefore, the fundamental object of the prseent invention to provide novel and improved piezoelectric ceramic materials which meet the specified properties outlined as above.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel piezoelectric ceramics characterized by relatively high dielectric constant and piezoelectric coupling coefficient, and their high stabilities the operating temperature.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved piezoelectric ceramics characterizedby very high mechanical quality factor, low resonant resistance, relatively high piezoelectric coupling coefiicient, high stability with operating temperature and time, and their high durability with humidity and electroless plating solutions.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of improved electromechanical transducer and thickness shear disc resonator utilizing, as the active elements, an electrostatically polarized body of the novel ceramic compositions.

Another object is the provision of ceramic materials exhibiting both a high piezoelectric effect and a high dielectric constant. The piezoelectric ceramic compositions according to the present invention can fully serve the intended purpose, and the procedure of their attainment will be readily apparent from the following description.

The present investigation has been achieved in the following manner. It was found that a solid solution in a pe rovskite-type structure was formed from a mixture of Pb(Mg Nb )O and PbTiO in all proportions. The solid solution has a morphotropic phase boundary at a composition of 59.0 mole percent of and 41.0 mole percent of PbTiO A planar piezoelectric coupling coefficient is the highest at a vincin-ity of morphotropic composition and becomes lower as a composition departs from the morphotropic composition. The finding in the present system is the same as that for lead titanate-zirconate. Further, a ternary system of PbTiO and PbZrO has been studied to find a good piezoelectric composition. The ternary system also exists in a solid solution in all compositions. The piezoelectric property is considerably better in the ternary system than in the above binary system, and is excellent at a vicinity of monphotropic composition. The solid solution of ternary system exists in a perovskite-type structure of Pb(Mg Nb )O which is modified by partially replacing sites of (Mg Nb with Ti and/ or Zr. Since Pb(Mg N-b )O exists in a perovskite-type structure expressed by the general formula of A +B +O where A is a divalent ion; B, a tetra valent ion; and 0, oxygen ion, an atomic ratio of MlgzNb in B site should be 1:2 to make the solid solution crystal neutral in electricity. When the atomic ratio of MgzNb deviates from 1:2, the structure exists in a nonstoichiometric compound forming vacancy sites. This results in low resistivity and poor polarization. If the deviation is large, the ternary system exists in two phases which also result in a poor piezo electricity. The use of Ca, Sr, or Ba in place of Mg lowers piezoelectricity.

According to another feature of the present invention, an oxide of at least one element selected from the group including manganese, cobalt, nickel, iron and chromium is added to the ternary system to reduce the resonant resistance, to enlarge the mechanical quality factor Q and to lower the temperature variation of the resonant (frequency. It is desirable that the additive amount, in oxide form, be up to 3% by weight.

The present invention has various advantages in manufacturing process and in application for ceramic filters and other items. It has been known that the evaporation of PhD during firing is a problem in sintering of lead compounds such as lead tit-ana-te zirconate. The invented composition, however, shows a smaller amount of evaporated P-bO than lead titanate zirconate usually does. The ternary system can be fired without any particular control of PbO atmosphere. A well-sintered body of present composition is obtained by firing in a ceramic crucible with a ceramic cover made of A1 ceramics. A high sintered density is desirable for humidity resistance and capsuling when the sintered body is applied to a resonator and other items. The specially high density body of the present invention has a high resistance for corrosion With electrolytic plating reagent and plays an important role in the formation of mechanically strong electrodes for thickness shear mode resonator in a disc form.

Ceramic bodies made by the present invention exhibit a planar piezoelectric coupling coefiicient k higher than 30% and a mechanical quality factor Q higher than 1,000, whereas the conventional lead titanate zirconate ceramics of Pb(Ti-Zr)O exhibit a Q of about 400. Ceramic materials of a low mechanical quality factor have a low potential in applications for electronic devices. A high mechanical quality factor is needed for applications to a narrow-band oscillator. The ceramic material of the present invention gives a resonant resistance R lower than that of piezoelectric ceramic resonators available commercially and thus is suitable for ceramic filters of 455 kc. or 4.5 mc. For example, 4.5 mc. thickness shear disc resonators in a diameter of 2.8 mm. employing conventional materials have exhibited a resonant resistance R of 2.5 ohms and a mechanical quality factor Q of 200, and 455 kc. disc resonators employing similar materials have exhibited a resonant resistance R of 12 to ohms, a mechanical quality factor Q of 400, 0.1% of a change in resonant frequency Within the range C. to 85 C.

f1-(85 C.) and fr(20 C.) are frequency at 85 C. and 20 C., respectively) and a planar coupling coefiicient k of shear disc resonator employing the ceramic composition according to the present invention exhibits R of 1.0 ohm, and Q higher than 700, and the 455 kc. disc resonator employing the present materials exhibits R of 1.7 to 2.5 ohms, Q of 1,500 to 2,400, planar coupling coefficient k of 38% and 0.06% of a change in resonant frequency within the range 20 C. to 85 C. The invented materials clearly have highly improved piezoelectric characteristics as compared with those of conventional materials.

A time variation in the resonant frequency can generally be expressed by the formula:

where T is the aging time; A, a constant related to a time variation at a constant temperature; and B, a constant decided by an initial condition independent from the aging time. While the best material commercially available has 0.08% of A, the present invented materials have On the other hand, the 4.5 mc. thickness 0.065% at 50 C. for a testing period of 1,000 to 10,000 hours. The present value of A is more suitable for reson-ators.

The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 represents the triangular compositional diagram of the ternary system utilized in the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the crystalline structure of the specimens as determined by X-ray analysis;

FIGS. 3 and 4 are graphical representations of the effect of compositional change on dielectric constant (e) and planar coupling coefficient (k at 20 C. and 1 kc. for the novel basic ternary system as a parameter of Pb(Mg Nb )O those values of binary system (x=0) are adopted from Jafie et al., published in the Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, vol. 55, No. 5, November 1955, pp. 239-254;

FIG. 5 is a graphical representation of the temperature dependence of the dielectric constant (a) of exemplary basic compositions according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a graphical representation of the temperature dependence of the dielectric constant (e) of exemplary compositions with additives according to the present invention;

FIG. 7 graphically illustrates the temperature dependence of the planar coupling coefiicient (k of the same specimens as used in FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 graphically illustrates the temperature dependence of the planar coupling coefiicient (k of the same specimens as used in FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 graphically represents the temperature dependence of the resonant frequency of the exemplary compositions according to the present invention; and

FIG. 10 graphically represents the aging characteristics of resonant frequency (f,.), planar coupling coefficient (k and capacitance (C) of exemplary compositions according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, which represents the triangular compositional diagram of the ternary solid solution,

the system within the polygonal region ABCDEF exhibits a planar coupling coefficient of approximately 5% or higher. Within the polygonal region GHIKLNO, ceramic products exhibit a planar coupling coeificient of approximately 20% or higher. Within the polygonal region PQRSTU, which includes compositions of 50.0-6.25 mole percent of Pb(Mg Nb )O 50.025.0 mole percent of PbTiO and 62.5-12.5 mole percent of PbZrO ceramic products exhibit a planar coupling coefiicient of approximately 30% or higher. With particular reference to FIG. 2, the compositions near the morphotropic phase boundary (M.P.B.- particularly those containing 37.5-12.5 mole percent of Pb(Mg Nb )O give ceramic products having a planar coupling coefiicien-t of 40% or higher. This value is higher than the value obtainable with the compositions in the vicinity of the morphotropic phase boundary of the ternary solid solution, PbTiO -PbZrO -PbSnO described in US. Patent No. 2,849,404. Further, compositions in the polygonal region GHIKLNO containing additives, such as MnO and so on, exhibit a small resonant resistance, and also some compositions in the region GHINO or JKLM show a small change in resonant frequency less than 0.5% within the temperature range of 20 to C. These products are highly valuable as piezoelectric ceramic materials such as 455 kc. ceramic filters for radio use and 4.5 mc. ceramic filters for TV use. The region 11 MN includes a composition exhibiting the highest planar coupling coefiicient among all compositions of the present invention. The composition of the highest planar coupling coeflicient is 25.0 mole percent of Pb(Mg Nb )O 37.5 mole percent of PbTiO and 37.5 mole percent of PbZrO Almost all of the compositions 5 within the range exhibit a planar coupling coeflicient of higher than 23%.

PRACTICAL EXAMPLES To obtain ceramic materials according to the present invention, starting materials including PbO or Pb O MgQ or MgCO Nb O or Nb(H) Ti0 and ZrO and additives selected from a group including MnO CoO, NiO, Fe O and Cr O are intimately mixed in a rubberliued ball mill with distilled water. The same effect is obtained with the addition of additives after and before calcining of basiccompositions. Each batch intended is weighed to yield about 100 g. of calcined material. The mixtures, after being dried, are molded into desirable forms at a pressure of 400 kg./cm. The blocks are calcined at 850 C. for two hours, and wet-pulverized in the ball mill and dried. The dry products containing a small amount of distilled water are molded into discs of 20 mm. diameter and 2 mm. thickness at a pressure of 700 kg./cm. The molded discs are fired at a desirable temperature for a desirable period. In this invention a heating period of 45 minutes is used. According to the present invention, there is no need to fire the composition in an atmosphere of PbO and no special care is required for the temperature gradient in a furnace compared with the prior art. Thus, according to the present invention, uniform and excellent piezoelectric ceramic products can be easily obtained simply by covering the samples with an alumina crucible. The sintered ceramic products are polished on both surfaces to the thickness of one millimeter. The polished disk is coated on both surfaces with silver paint and fired at 800 C. to form electrodes. The specimen having electrodes formed thereon is tested for its dielectric constant and dissipation factors at 20 C.

in a relative humidity of 50% and at a frequency of l kc.

For polarization, the specimens are immersed in a bath of silicon oil at 100 0, charged by a D.-C. voltage of 4 kv./mm. for one hour, and field-cooled to the room temperature in thirty minutes. The dielectric and piezoelectric properties of the polarized specimens have been measured and are listed in Tables 1 and 2. A measure ment of piezoelectric properties was made by the IRE standard circuit and the planar coupling coeflicient was determined by the resonant to antiresonant frequency method. The X-ray analysis was carried out at room temperature by the powder method.

The specimen numbers in Tables 1 and 2 and the compositional regions according to the present invention are shown in FIG. 1, which represents the triangular compositional diagram of solid solution Pb(Mg Nb )O PbTiO -PbZro Com-positions defined by the poly onal ABCDEF have characteristics as described hereinbefore and shown in detail in Tables 1 and 2. With ceramic compositions containing P-b(Mg Nb )O more than 87.5 mole percent, the piezoelectricity is weak and their planar coupling coefficient is low. For this reason they are excluded from the scope of the present invention. Compositions containing a small amount of exist in a poorly sintered body which results in low piezoelectric properties. Therefore, the ceramic compositions should contain Pb(Mg Nb )O more than one mole percent. It has been well known to add a small amount of Nb O to Pb.(Ti-Zr)O for improvement of piezoelectric properties. The present invention, however, clarified that those compositions containing only a small amount of Pb(Mg Nb )O exhibit a poor sintera'bility and accordingly have inferior piezoelectric properties as pointed out above. This indicates that the addition of a small amount of Pb(Mg Nb )O does not have a promoting effect on the sintering of Pb(Ti-Zr)O On the other hand, those compositions which contain PbTiO of 81.3 mole percent or more can hardly be sintered into ceramic products. Therefore, they also are excluded 6 from the scope of the present invention. Further, ceramic compositions containing 95 mole percent or more of PbZrO exhibit only a low piezoelectricity at about room temperature and are also excluded from the scope of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, which represents a diagram showing the crystalline phases of the ceramic compositions according to the present invention as determined at room temperature by the powder method of X-ray analysis, T represents the tetragonal phase having a ferroelectricity; R represents the rhombohedral phase having a ferroelectricity; and RC represents the pseudocubic phase which also is ferroelectric. In this ternary system, there exists a morphotropic transition boundary including compositions close to the specimens Nos. 5, 21, 12, 33 and 38. Thus, the transition boundary runs close to a composition containing 59.0 mole percent of P b(Mg Nb )O and 41.0 mole percent of PbTiO a composition containing 50.0 mole percent of Pb(Mg N-b )O 37.5 mole percent -of PbTiO and 12.5 mole percent of PbZrO a composition containing 37.5 mole percent of 37.5 mole percent of PbTiO and 25.0 mole percent of PbZrO a composition containing 25.0 mole percent of Pb(Mg Nb )O 37.5 mole percent of P-bTiO and 37.5 mole percent of PbZrO and a composition containing 12.5 mole percent of P-b(Mg Nb )O 37.5 mole percent of PbTiO and 50.0 mole percent of PbZrO FIGS. 3 and 4 indicate that when a molar ratio of PbZrO to PbTiO is changed at a constant proportion of Pb(Mg Nb )O the inventive ceramic compositions in the vicinity of the morphotropic transition boundary (M.P.B.- give the highest dielectric constants and the highest planar co'upling coefficients. This is one example of morphotropism between ferroelectric phases in solid solution of a complex compound with perovskitetype structure.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show the temperature variation in the dielectric constant of the ceramic compositions according to the present invention with and without additives such as MnO and C00. It will be observed from FIGS. 5 and 6 that the ceramic compositions of the present invention have a relatively high Curie temperature.

FIGS. 7 and '8 show the variation with temperature of the planar coupling coeflicient of the same specimens as those in FIGS. 5 and 6. It will be apparent from these figures that the ceramic compositions according to the present invention apparently have piezoelectric properties utilizable over a wide range of temperatures.

FIG. 9 shows the temperature dependence of the resonant frequency of the inventive ceramic compositions as measured within the temperature range of from 20 to C. It is clear from this figure that the inventive ceramic compositions have a small temperature variation in resonant frequency.

FIG. 10 shows the aging characteristics of various exemplary compositions. In all cases the starting point of the curve is 24 hours after polarization. It will be seen from this figure that the aging characteristics of these materials are excellent, compared with data on a commercially available lead titanate zirconate composition.

Table 1 shows the dielectric, piezoelectric and ceramic properties of the present ceramic compositions with or without the oxide of Mn, Co, Ni, Fe or Cr in an amount of up to one percent by weight. The addition of an oxide to the basic compositions apparently reduces their resonant resistance to a substantial extent. The addition is also effective to increase their mechanical quality factor and improve their planar coupling coefficient. Further, the addition reduces the temperature variation of their resonant frequency. Thus, these additives improve not only the sinterability of the ceramic materials but also their piezoelectric properties and particularly reduce their resonant resistance enhancing their mechanical quality factor. Specially, the addition of manganese oxide or manganese compound thermally converted into the oxide promotes the desirable effects mentioned above. Almost 8 and 0.250; or 0.125, 0.500 and 0.375; or 0.125, 0.250 and 0.625 molar ratio or thereabout of Pb(Mg Nb )O PbTiO and PbZrO respectively, with or without additives. Particularly when one percent by weight or thereall the ceramic compositions according to the present 5 about of the oxide of Mn or C is added, the temperature 1nvent1on exhibit a planar coupling coeflicient of higher change in resonant frequency clearly decreases. than and particularly those in the vicinity of the The data of the ceramic compositions of the present inmorphotropic transition boundary exhibit high values of vention including additives less than 3% (in some case 45 to 50%. The compositions containing 50.0 mole less than 7%) by Weight are shown in Table 2. The percent of Pb(Mg Nb )O 37.5 mole percent of 10 dielectric constant has a tendency to be reduced as the PbTiO and 12.5 mole percent of PbZrO or therea-bout, amount of additive increases. The planar coupling cohave a relatively small resonant resistance. This means efiicient is increased with some compositions containing that they are adequate for 455 kc. or 4.5 mc. ceramic additive less than one percent by weight but is slowly filters for radio or TV use. With or without additives, reduced as the additive amount increases over one perthe ternary solid solution ceramics exhibit the smallest cent. One percent by weight of the additive gives a resonant resistance along the morphotropic transition minimum resonant resistance and a maximum mechanical boundary and near the boundary the resistance increases quality factor Q but any additive more than 1% impairs slowly. The addition of the metal oxides is effective to both qualities. When the oxide is added in an amount reduce the resonant resistance over the entire range of exceeding 3% by weight, the leakage current during composition and is particularly eifective for compositions polarization increases and a satisfactory remanent piezocontaining 37.5, 37.5 and 25.0 mole percent or thereelectricity is diflicult to obtain. about of P'b(Mg Nb )O PbTiO and PbZrO re- It will be understood from the foregoing that the ternary spectively. Without additives, the mechanical quality solid solution Pb(Mg Nb )O -PbTiO -PbZrO accordfactor Q in the vicinity of the morphotropic transition ing to the present invention and the solid solution includboundary (M.P.B. is approximately 100 and, with ing an appropriate additive form excellent piezoelectric addition of the oxide of Mn, Co, Ni, Fe or Cr, is inceramic bodies. While there have been described what creased and specially increased nearly by one order with at present are believed to be the preferred embodiments the addition of manganese oxide. The temperature of this invention, it will be obvious that various changes change in resonant frequency Within the range 20 to and modifications can be made therein without departing 85 C. is low with compositions containing 0.500, 0.500 from the invention, and it is aimed, therefore, to cover and 0.000; or 0.4375, 0.4375 and 0.125;. or 0.375, 0.375 in the appended claims all such changes and modifications and 0.250; or 0.500, 0.375 and 0.125; or 0.500, 0.250 as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.

TABLE 1 Molar ratio of basic composition 24 hours after poling Tertnpen a [1T8 Additive, Firing change Ex. Pb(Mg percent by temp., Density. Dielee Dissipa Planar Reso- Mechanin reso- No. Nb ;3)0s PbTiOa PbZrOs Weight C. gms. tric tion, D, Resonant coupling nant re- 10211 112111;

0111. constant in perfrequency coetL, sistance quality Ire- E, at 1 cent at 1 fr, c.p.s. lc R, 0 factor, quency x y z kc. p.s. kc. p.s. QM percent 0. 933 0. 062 0. 000 1, 150 6. 95 4, 986 1. 25 131,323 0. 04 1, 591. 0 1, 250 7. 24 2, 347 1. 23 143, 524 .046 139. 2 0. 375 0. 125 0. 000 1, 250 7. 36 2, 696 1. 14 142, 415 .074 35. 7 1, 230 7. 41 2, 553 1. 50 142, 00s 030 23. 9 0. 750 0. 250 0. 000 1, 270 7. 27 2, 639 3. 66 140, 055 144 95. 0 1, 270 7. 49 2, 027 2. 33 133, 331 132 62. 2 0. 625 0. 375 0. 000 1, 230 7. 43 1, 761 0. 131, 591 373 4. 0 1, 230 7. 67 2, 150 1. 97 136, 963 .424 2. 2 0. 590 0. 410 0. 000 1, 270 7. 44 1, 296 1. 13 135, 206 244 40. 0 1, 270 7. 54 915 1. 22 137, 495 196 30. 4 1, 250 7. 39 770 0. 30 141, 907 .216 13. 0 1, 240 7. 33 630 0. 99 144, 936 232 23. 7 1, 250 7. 36 332 0. 136, 318 .262 31. 3 r 1, 220 7. 32 337 1. 13 143, 003 .219 21. 0 6. 0.500 0.500 0.000 1, 250 7. 52 920 0.84 134,940 .263 53.9 1, 250 7. 55 895 0. 59 142, 073 .234 26. 1 1, 250 7. 60 971 1. 12 143, 121 .243 35. s 1, 240 7. 59 761 3. 50 141, 977 175 64.1 1, 250 7. 50 331 0. 143, 322 .273 37. 4 1, 240 7. 53 242 1. 35 150, 397 133 42. 7 7. 0.375 0.625 0. 000 1,240 7.41 397 1.09 122, 311 .098 373.0 3 0. 250 0.750 0. 000 1,230 7.33 263 1.60 141,026 .059 1,394.0 0.137 0.313 0. 000 1,220 7.08 224 1.26 142,574 .070 1,695.0 10.-.- 0.125 0. 375 0. 000 1,200 6.54 137 3.20 No Detectable TABLE 1Continued Molar ratio of basic composition 24 hours after poling Tertnpera me Additive, Firing change Ex. Pb(Mg percent by temp, Density, Die1ec- Dissipa- Planar Reso- Meehanin reso- No. Nix 90 PbTiOa PbZrOa weight C. gms./ mo tion, D, Resonant coupling nant reical nant cm. constant in perfrequency coefih, sistance quality free, at 1 cent at 1 fr, c.p.s. factor, quency x y z kc. p.s. kc. p.s. QM Percent 1, 290 7. 57 989 3. 17 139, 567 280 51. 6 13 0. 3125 0. 3125 1, 280 7. 59 613 0. 38 137, 849 362 13. 2 1, 270 7. 55 477 0. 41 144, 509 334 5. 3 1, 300 7. 54 566 3. 32 144, 908 295 64. 1 14 0. 250 250 1, 300 7. 57 484 0. 63 147, 552 314 26. 1, 290 7. 45 329 0. 151, 383 277 6. 4 1, 300 7. 51 429 3. 10 151, 530 234 87. 5 0 1875 0. 1875 1, 290 7. 49 397 0. 77 149, 851 217 50. 0 1, 280 7. 53 254 0. 27 152, 730 185 16. 5 0 125 0. 125 1, 310 7. 41 288 2. 56 151, 353 199 129. 3 0 0625 0. 0625 1, 300 7. 22 251 2. 75 153, 585 125 275. 4 0 875 0.000 1,240 6.53 2, 150 1. 48 149, 153 60 892.0 0 750 0. 125 1, 270 7. 36 1, 521 2. 97 150, 322 214 58. 0 0 625 0. 250 1, 270 7. 57 1, 277 2. 80 139, 727 262 86. 4 1, 270 7 58 1, 848 1. 136, 878 346 21. 0 0 500 O. 375 1, 270 7. 30 1, 932 0. 36 126, 975 454 3. 1 1, 260 7. 06 1, 663 1. 135, 008 410 1. 7 0 375 0. 500 1, 260 7. 57 840 1. 60 141, 941 274 49. 5 0 250 0. 6 5 1, 250 7. 47 487 1. 64 148, 169 246 7200 0 125 0.750 1, 250 7. 46 302 2. 22 149, 075 194 142. 7 0 0625 0.8125 1, 130 6. 26 182 2 20 178, 962 074 297. 1 0 750 0 000 1, 270 7. 07 973 2. 09 148, 079 080 462. 0 0.625 0 1 5 1,270 7. 63 1,046 3.10 140, 491 164 56. 1 1, 280 7. 55 1, 011 3. 15 141. 303 257 45. 0 0. 500 0 250 1, 280 7 55 890 0. 75 137, 750 356 9. 7 1, 260 7. 57 700 O. 53 147,753 231 7. 4 1,300 7. 50 920 1. 43 132, 849 290 66. 7 1, 290 7. 764 0. 30 143, 615 298 19.7 1, 280 7. 10 633 0. 138, 214 235 11. 7 1, 300 7. 35 859 0. 98 140, 718 347 33. 6 1, 250 7. 07 358 1. 11 148, 255 138 56. 7 29 0.250 0.500 1, 300 7. 52 885 1. 16 142,489 361 37. 9 1, 270 7. 09 672 0. 99 137, 988 279 56. 5 1,300 7. 52 851 1. 15 143, 627 366 38. 5 1, 270 7. 53 727 1. 34 145, 140 2 50 58. 4 1, 300 7. 43 812 0.99 141, 250 323 37. 4v 1, 270 7. 34 697 3. 09 147, 559 221 39. 5 30 0. 125 0. 625 1, 310 7. 404 0.95 142,610 257 89.0 31. 0. 500 0. 125 1, 290 7. 62 756 3. 18 148, 428 257 44. 3 32 0. 37 5 0. 250 1, 290 7. 54 806 3. O2 144, 308 302 '44. 3 1, 300 7. 61 976 2. 52 130, 067 498 27. 0 1,270 7. 59 774 0. 62 132, 255 453 14. 1 1, 240 7. 37 475 0. 64 141, 918 438 4. 6 1, 300 7. 36 643 0. 68 128, 554 472 19. 7 1, 280 7. 22 451 1. 23 132, 671 364 23. 7 33 0. 250 0.375 0. 375 NiO 0. 1, 280 7. 57 996 2. 10 130, 440 485 18. 5 NiO 1.0 1, 280 7. 41 977 1. 73 129, 516 469 15. 3 F9503 0.2.. 1,300 7. 58 917 2. 01 122, 241 483 19. 9 Few. 1.0 1,300 7. 58 884 1.53 114, 508 501 20. 8 CrzOs 0.2 1,300 7. 57 786 1. 33 126,296 403 24. 5 CH0: 1.0..-. 280 7. 38 772 3. 66 135, 276 422 21. 3 None 1, 310 7. 53 825 1. 02 137. 726 421 34. 8 34 0. 125 0. 500 0. 375 M1102 0.2 1, 300 7. 54 738 0. 29 136, 727 213 24.5

M1102 1.0 1, 280 7. 55 507 1. 56 133,884 190 37. 5 35 0. 0625 0. 5625 0.375 NOne 1, 200 7. 36 163 3. 20 149, 199 130 172. 8 1, 300 7. 23 330 1. 89 156, 438 075 814. 0 1, 300 7. 43 732 1. 35 153,285 153 47. 8 1, 290 7. 61 657 0. 30 155, 422 140 12. 2 1, 280 7. 36 559 1. 53 150, 282 140 80. 3 1, 280 7. 24 537 0. 41 152, 835 100 94. 3 36 0. 500 0. 000 1,270 7. 10 495 2. 138, 520 075 392. 0 1, 230 7. 34 774 3. 18 146, 508 102 98. 4 1, 280 7. 26 548 2. 35 151, 187 095 234. 0 1, 280 7. 30 634 2. 68 149, 913 120 123. 0 1, 290 7. 20 522 1. 96 152, 507 229. 0 1, 280 7. 28 837 2. 43 152,399 81. 3 37 0375 0. 1, 300 7. 65 557 3. 24 151, 656 237 62. 1 1, 310 7. 44 593 2. 45 134, 156 440 47. 1 38- 0. 125 0. 375 1, 300 7. 45 532 0. 67 137, 473 44. 4 1, 290 6. 96 316 1. 30 138, 813 470 22. 5 39---- 0. 0625 0. 4375 1, 230 7. 38 179 2. 40 128, 514 304 98. 3 0. 250 0 125 1, 300 7. 47 493 2. 97 154, 976 207 80. 0 41 0. 125 0 250 1, 310 7. 43 432 2. 90 147, 262 250 92. 5 1, 310 7. 44 367 0. 85 143, 289 179 84. 5 1, 310 7. 33 257 1. 63 138, 837 125 239. 0 42 0. 0625 0 3125 1, 230 7. 41 348 2. 99 132, 994 265 135. 5 43 0. 250 0 000 1, 300 7. 45 533 3. 27 152,879 073 384. 0 44 0. 010 0 813 1, 200 7. 05 180 2. 13 127, 616 074 981. 0 1, 200 7. 24 1. 88 125, 519 082 437. 0 1, 7. 31 175 1. 94 125, 113 078 284. 0 45.- 0. 010 0 615 1, 200 7. 15 328 4. 22 125, 174 100 146. 3 46 0. 010 0 500 1,230 7. 22 744 0.96 123, 486 285 78. 7 1, 230 7. 31 347 1. 70 128, 430 253 104. 5 1, 230 7. 34 402 2. 50 129, 973 267 85. 3 1, 210 7, 34 424 2. 53 131, 538 258 74. 1 1, 220 7. 30 364 0. 75 139, 048 248 65. 1 1, 220 7. 53 351 2. 50 148, 960 243 40. 0 47 0. 010 0. 375 1, 220 7. 35 409 1. 40 114, 306 222 97. 4 1, 220 7. 32 413 1. 66 114, 008 226 76. 2 1, 220 7. 41 348 0.98 119, 761 263 49. 0 1, 220 7. 28 395 0. 65 147, 395 264 30. 5 1, 230 7. 29 576 1. 14 119,610 243 90. 3 1, 230 7. 24 261 2. 22 119,940 192 85. 2 48-.-- 0. 010 0. 125 1, 230 7. 28 159 1. 68 124, 956 148 787. 0 49 0. 025 0. 025 1, 250 7. 47 2. 97 154, 982 073 434. 7

-o c 1 x 100%; fr(85 C.) and fr(20 C.) are resonant frequency at 85 C. and 20 0., respectively.

[r(2 2 Not determined.

TABLE 2 Molar ratio of basic composition 24 hours after poling Temperature Additive, Firing change Ex. Ph(Mg percent by temp, Density, Dielec- Dissipw Planar Reso- Meehanin reso- No. Nbz/s) O3 PbTlOg PbZrOs weight 0. gmsl trio tion, D, Resonant coupling nant re, ical nant cm.;; constant in perfrequency coefi, sistance quality free, at 1 cent at 1 f c.p.s. Q factor, quency.

x y z kc. p.s. kc. p.s. Q percent 1, 220 7. 42 695 5. 90 150, 590 D. 188 28. 2 6. 0. 500 0. 500 0. 000 1, 190 7. 31 797 13. 145, 263 D. 171 63. 9 1, 220 7. 38 911 0. 94 130, 035 0. 184 64. 7 l, 260 7. 820 4. 85 140, 850 0. 310 18. 1 1, 240 7. 39 797 11. 96 145, 888 0. 298 29. 6 12- 0. 375 0. 375 0. 250 1, 210 7. 31 693 10. 20 144, 084 I). 270 44. O 1, 230 7. 44 1, 150 8. 52 131, 446 0. 415 19. O 1, 230 7. 54 1, 590 1. 124, 850 0. 499 12. 0 1, 220 7. 05 436 4. O0 138, 985 I). 319 15. 1 i, 1g. 138, 281 0. 249 69. 5 56 0. 236 47. 7

Q 375 1, 200 7. us 442 2. 93 132,170 0. 31s 22. 9 1, 230 7. 39 836 1. 77 132, 040 0. 416 22. 8 1, 240 7. 50 854 1. 45 108, 991 0. 282 186. 5 1, 280 7. 1, 589 3. 152, 113 0. 140 15. 0 as it as 2-2 128-4 2 0. 096 86. 5 500 Q 000 1, 230 7. 33 792 3. so 147, 682 o. 102 11a. 0 1, 270 5. 402 2. 63 113, 779 0.111 151. O 270 7. 31 911 4. 53 155, 883 0. 070 172. 0 as 7-2 a 22- 827 0. 526. 5

What is claimed is:

1. A ferroelectric composition consisting essentially of the ternary solid solution expressed by the general formula Pb(Mg Nb g Ti zr o where x+y+z= 1, and having a composition within a polygonal region A'BCDE'F 'in the triangular composition diagram of FIGURE 1.

The molar ratio of the three components of each vertices are as follows:

Pb(Mg1 aNb2/3)03 PbTiOs PbZI'Oa and having a composition within a polygonal region GHIKLNO in the triangular composition diagram of FIGURE 1. The molar ratio of the three components of each vertices are as follows:

Pb (Mgr/aNbz/z)0a PbTiOs PbZrOa 4. A piezoelectric ceramic composition consisting essentially of the ternary solid solution expressed by the general formula Pb(Mg Nb ),,Ti Zr O where and having a composition within a polygonal region GHIKLNO in the triangular composition diagram of FIGURE 1 and further containing at least one element of the group consisting of oxides of manganese, cobalt, nickel, iron and chromium in a total quantity up to 3 weight percent of the respective oxides.

5. A piezoelectric ceramic composition consisting essentially of the ternary solid solution expressed by the general formula Pb(Mg Nb Ti Zr O where and having a composition within a polygonal region GHIKLNO in the triangular composition diagram of FIGURE 1 and further containing manganese oxide up to 3 Weight percent.

6. A piezoelectric ceramic composition consisting essentially of a ternary solid solution expressed by the general formula Pb(Mg Nb Ti Zr O where and having a composition within a polygonal region PQRSTU in the triangular composition diagram of FIG- URE 1. The molar ratio of the three components of each vertices are as follows: 1

Pb(Mg1 3Nb2la)O3 PbTiOs vPloZrOs 7. A piezoelectric ceramic composition consisting essentially of a ternary solid solution expressed by the general formula Pb(Mg Nb Ti Zr O where and having a composition within a polygonal region PQR STU in the triangular composition diagram of FIG- URE 1 and further containing at least one element from the group consisting of oxides of manganese, cobalt,

nickel, iron and chromium in a total quantity up to 3 weight percent of the respective oxides.

8. :A piezoelectric ceramic composition consisting essentially of a ternary solid solution expressed by the general formula Pb(Mg Nb ),,Ti Zr O where 13 and having a composition within a polygonal region PQRSTU in the triangular composition diagram of FIG- URE 1 and further containing manganese oxide up to 3 weight percent.

9. A wave filter element comprising an electrostatical ly polarized solid solution ceramics consisting essentially of Pb('Mg Nb )O P'bTiO and PbZrO having a composition Within a polygonal region JKLN in the triangular composition diagram of FIGURE 1 and further containing manganese oxide up to 3 weight percent.

10. A thickness shear disc resonator comprising an electrostatically polarized polycrystalline aggregate consisting essentially of Pb(Mg Nb )O PbTiO and PbZrO having a composition within a polygonal region GHINO in the triangular composition diagram of FIG- URE 1 and further containing manganese oxide up to 3 Weight percent.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 4/1965 Kulcsar et a1. 25262.9

OTHER REFERENCES Smolenskii et al.: Dielectric Polarization of a Number of Complex Compounds, Semiconductor Institute, Academy of Sciences, U.-S.S.R., Leningrad (translated from Fizika Tverdogo Tela, vol. 1, No. 10, pp. 1562-1572, October 1959).

Kulcsar: Electromechanical Properties of Lead Titanate Zirconate Ceramics Modified with Certain Three or Five Valent Additions, Journal of American Ceramic Society, vol. 42, No. 7, July 1959, pp. 34349.

TOBIAS E. LEVOW, Primary Examiner.

R. D. EDMON DS, Assistant Examiner. 

1. A FERROELECTRIC COMPOUND CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF THE TERNARY SOLID SOLUTION EXPRESSED BY THE GENERAL FORMULA PB(MG1/3NB2/3)XTIYZRZO3, WHERE X+Y+Z-1, AND HAVING A COMPOSITION WITHIN A POLYGONAL REGION ABCDEF IN THE TRIANGULAR COMPOSITION DIAGRAM OF FIGURE
 1. THE MOLAR RATIO OF THE THREE COMPONENTS OF EACH VERTICES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 